by soniachopra | Apr 26, 2019 | Endodontic Case Study
Lateral canals — they are so easy to forget about as a potential culprit for root canal failure. When teeth don’t act right, we need to think outside of the box. It’s easy to blame a crack or even a missed canal, but what about a lateral canal? I forget about...
by soniachopra | Mar 21, 2019 | Endodontic Case Study
One of the most difficult traumatic injuries to diagnose and treat is the horizontal root fracture. I think it’s pretty confusing, if you ask me. Many times with a horizontal root fracture, the treatment is actually to do NOTHING. I usually give a horizontal root...
by soniachopra | Feb 22, 2019 | Endodontic Case Study
WARNING: This case has GRAPHIC CONTENT You ever have a lesion that is just humungous on the radiograph and even bigger on the CBCT? Well, I feel like I am getting them all the time now. Or maybe it’s just that I see them more often with my CBCT. Well, here is a case...
by soniachopra | Jan 31, 2019 | Endodontic Case Study
How many times have you had a patient who was sensitive after their restoration, be it a filling or a crown? How long do you wait until you make a referral? And what are your steps before you make your referral? Do you rule anything out, like occlusion? Well, here is...
by soniachopra | Jan 23, 2019 | Endodontic Case Study
Anyone who knows me knows that diagnosis is my “thing”. Saving teeth is SO important to me. Why? Because of my own personal tooth story (to read more about it, click here). I was born without eight teeth, and after a young life filled with dental...
by soniachopra | Jan 16, 2019 | Endodontic Case Study
This blog is a quickie, but man is it a goodie! I am going to continue on my sinus tract soapbox. I can’t emphasize enough how important it is to trace your sinus tracts, and this case really outlines why. This is a throwback case — I did this one a long time...
